The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-01-05


to see that there is something wrong
about the administration.
THE sure way to reduce the surplus
and cut off war taxation is to abolish
the internal revenue. 1t was unknown
before the war.-Ne,C York san.
WHEN the democrats shout "down
with the war taxes " do they really
mean internal revenue taxation? This
is the only pure and simple "war
tax. Traveller.
EX-Gov. extra BILLY" SMITH
of Virginia, although nearly ninety
years old, is said to have an ambition
to succeed Mr.. Riddleberger in the
United States senate.
IN recent letter Judge Gresham de-
clares his intention to remain on the
bench permanently, and his belief that
Mr.. Blaine will be nominated for presi-
dent in 1888 and elected.
ELIHU b. WAsHBURNE and Robert
7. Lincoln are the latest candidates
suggested for the vacant Illinois sena-
torship. The latter has the misfortune
to be "boomed " by the mugwump pa
pers, but he is not responsible for it.
THE statement of prominent New
York physician that Logan's death
was caused by the too free use of hair
dye is not credited. The same physi-
clan asserts that Governor Geary of
Pennsylvania died from the same
cause.
THE house of representatives of the
fiftieth congress will have 1853 demo-
Gratis, 152 republicans and four indie
pendents. One vacancy now exists, in
the filing of which addition will be
made to one of the three elements
named.
THE complications over Bulgarian
affairs remain in a perilously unsettled
condition. Every movement of Rus
STA is suspected and Austria is ready to
take the field upon any act that may be
construed as challenge on the part of
her northern rival.
ACCORDING to Judge Poland, there is
no constitutional method for filing va
cances in the Vermont legislature.
The Rutland Herald also says the legis-
lature now has no authority to provide
for an election of representatives on
any other day than "the first Tuesday
of September"
AT the recent New England dinner
in New York Henry w. Grady of At
lanta, Ga, made an appeal for the
eradication of sectional feeling. The
people of the North are deeply con-
cerned in the prosperity of the South,
but at the same time they will continue
to insist upon free vote and a fair
count and the full acceptance of the
results of the war for the Union.
ACROSS the British channel Christ
mas was clouded with gloomy forebod-
ings of another war between France
and Germany. 1t is well known that
France has been making tremendous
war preparations, and it is no secret
that a struggle for the recovery of
Alsace and Lorraine from Germany
has been the expectation of the French
people since the fall of Napoleon III.
THE demise of Senator Logan brings
the total number of deaths in the forty
ninth congress up to twelve. The list
includes Senators Logan, Miller and
Pike, and Messrs. Arnot, Beach, Cole
Dowdney, Duncan, Elwood, Hahn,
Rankin and Price of the lower house.
Vice-president Hendricks death also
made vacant the chair of the presiding
officer of the senate, now filled by Sen
ator Sherman.
IT is said that a Buffalo alderman
applied to certain railroad company
for pass, and that the company re-
fused to grant the favor on the ground
that ii was under no obligations to the
man who asked it. 1t is further re-
lated that the alderman afterward re-
marked, somewhat boastingly, that the
road didn't own him and that he was
working only for the interests of the
city.-BcDalo Express.
GENERAL LOGAN did not owe his
commanding position to happy acct
dents. He was the architect of his
own honorable and distinguished ca.
reer. In war gallant soldier, in peace
a forceful statesman, at all times an ar
dent patriot, the keynote to his charac.
ter appears in the statement that he
was one who mad the courage of his
convictions and whose convictions were
the outcome of hard practical sense
Tribune.
THERE were attempts to excite en-
nifty between him Uogan) and Mr.
Blaine, but they were utterly futile
Last spring Logan said to the writer
of these words: "Blaine and | are far
better friends than the men who under
take to bring something between us
And the other day, as he rode to the
funeral of the dead President, he said
to a close friend of Mr.. Blaine: "Tell
Blaine that if he is candidate we are
all for him;' and then he added, with
characteristic maniness and frankness
But if he is not a candidate | want
to know it."-Philadelphia Press.
THERE is an interesting post-oflice
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